Kresta in the Afternoon

Depending on your diocese, this Sunday you will either hear the readings for the Ascension - or for the 7th Sunday of Easter, in which we hear what has become known as Jesus's Priestly Prayer. Jesus asks the Father to "give Glory to your son, that your Son may Glorify you." We take a closer look with Peggy Stanton.

It's been just over a year since the Supreme Court leak gave us a preview of what would become official in June - Roe v Wade would be overturned. Robert George will be exploring the future of the Pro-Life movement in a webinar this weekend; Michael Kenney has the details.

In the last few centuries, a new focus has been given to the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the work of our redemption. Is she a co-redemptrix, or does this title place her on equal level with Christ? Dr. Robert Fastiggi joins us with a review of how Church leaders have approached the issue.

Over the span of a few days we celebrate two titanic events in Church history - Christ's Resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. We continue our discussion with Fr Thomas Weinandy, looking at how these two great feasts are part of Christ's mission.

JRR Tolkien was many things – a writer, a professor, a philologist. While he was not, strictly speaking, a theologian, he did have a theology. Like all of us, he had a way of looking at God and the world and he expressed it through his writings. Austin Freeman joins us.

Last month the Surgeon General reported that Americans are experiencing an epidemic of loneliness that affects our health as much as smoking a pack of cigarettes. We’ll talk about it with Chuck Gaidica.

Joseph Ratzinger once observed that the beauty of holiness and the beauty of art are not mere ornaments but the strongest argument for what the Church teaches. Does this mean that beauty moves us in a way that Truth alone cannot? How did the early apostle speak of the Beauty of Christ? James Matthew Wilson joins us.

On the Feast of St. Paschal Baylon, patron saint of Eucharistic Congresses, the executive team for the National Eucharistic Congress is excited to invite Catholic communities across the country to be part of the historic movement to set hearts ablaze along four separate Eucharistic processions destined for Indianapolis, IN for the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. We talk more with Will Peterson.

Katy Connors was born with a rare disease that affects one of her heart valves. She always knew she would need a replacement, but during her first six pregnancies it didn’t cause many issues. But during her seventh pregnancy last fall, she was shocked to learn that the valve had almost completely narrowed. Her breathing was severely impaired and she had to be hospitalized. In January, doctors said it was time for her to give birth, which she did via a C-Section. She joins us.

After 9/11 a new wave of combative atheism emerged, claiming to have a more enlightened and accurate worldview than that of historic Christianity. How do we respond to these claims? We put atheism on trial with Louis Markos.